Queer Gender and Sexuality in Indigenous Language Revitalization

Abstract The status of Indigenous languages and queer, trans, and Two-Spirit Indigenous people in North America are closely linked. As colonial policies of forced assimilation reduced the number of speakers of Indigenous languages, once highly visible roles for Two-Spirit people were likewise eroded...

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Main Author: Pyle, Kai
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Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2022
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190212926.013.76
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190212926.013.76 2024-06-09T07:38:26+00:00 Queer Gender and Sexuality in Indigenous Language Revitalization Pyle, Kai 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190212926.013.76 https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/42645/chapter/388335325 en eng Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Language and Sexuality ISBN 9780190212926 9780190212940 book-chapter 2022 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190212926.013.76 2024-05-10T13:17:30Z Abstract The status of Indigenous languages and queer, trans, and Two-Spirit Indigenous people in North America are closely linked. As colonial policies of forced assimilation reduced the number of speakers of Indigenous languages, once highly visible roles for Two-Spirit people were likewise eroded. Since the 1970s, movements of language revitalization have also been intertwined with movements to reclaim Two-Spirit roles in Indigenous communities. This chapter uses examples from Anishinaabe communities to examine language usage of Two-Spirit people as a form of linguistic creativity. This creativity, which is more complex than simply recovering words used in the past, indicates the centrality of gender and sexuality to practices of language revitalization. Book Part anishina* Oxford University Press
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description Abstract The status of Indigenous languages and queer, trans, and Two-Spirit Indigenous people in North America are closely linked. As colonial policies of forced assimilation reduced the number of speakers of Indigenous languages, once highly visible roles for Two-Spirit people were likewise eroded. Since the 1970s, movements of language revitalization have also been intertwined with movements to reclaim Two-Spirit roles in Indigenous communities. This chapter uses examples from Anishinaabe communities to examine language usage of Two-Spirit people as a form of linguistic creativity. This creativity, which is more complex than simply recovering words used in the past, indicates the centrality of gender and sexuality to practices of language revitalization.
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